World's 1st levitating turntable will make your records float (video) October 14, 2016 - 17:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Apparently, vinyl is back. Sales are climbing, and people are buying vinyl records in record numbers. When it comes to turntables, there are largely three rough groups one can use to classify them: bad turntables, good turntables, and look that record is flying in the air turntables. The MAG-LEV Audio seems to fall solidly into the third category, as "the world’s first levitating turntable," The Verge said. The MAG-LEV Audio uses magnets to suspend the platter hovering in air (it can be seen doing so in this incredibly overdramatic promotional video of a gentleman using his possibly sorcerous floating record player to listen to music in an expensive-looking glass house). Four feet support the platter when the turntable isn't in use, which then automatically retract into the base when you start playing music. The MAG-LEV Audio also cleverly has an emergency uninterruptible power supply built in to raise the tonearm and extend the feet in case of a power outage so your record doesn’t fall out of the air. Not that specifications really matter past the "it makes your vinyl records float while playing them," but the MAG-LEV Audio supports both 33.3-rpm and 45-rpm modes, and uses a Pro-Ject 8.6 tonearm and Ortofon OM 5E cartridge. The floating turntable is also MAG-LEV Audio’s first product, so the usual caveats of backing a hardware product on a crowdfunding website from an untested company apply. The MAG-LEV Audio turntable starts at a discounted $780 Kickstarter price (estimated to go up to $1,390 at retail), which the company hopes to ship in August 2017. Photo: MAG-LEV Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenia Security Council chief traveling to Qatar Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan will travel on a working visit to Qatar. Pillars installed in Armenian border village of Kirants In the Armenian village of Kirants, three border markers have been installed, and border guards stand next to them. Armenian Foreign Minister regrets “tragic loss” of Iranian counterpart The Armenian Foreign Ministry has expressed shock over the death of the Iranian President and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. |